She added that it would be a ‘tough day’, and posted a poem by the Spanish poet Jose Leon.

It ended with the words: ‘How I would love to believe that there is glory for all those who lose their lives on the horns of bulls.

‘If that is not the case, then rest in peace wherever you are and us poets will make sure you become immortal.’

Raquel Sanz expressed her heartbreak on Twitter (Picture: SolarPix)

She was ‘devastated’ when she saw Barrio’s lifeless body (Picture: AP)

Sanz, a journalist who married Barrio in 2014, was reportedly ‘devastated’ as she saw her husband lie lifeless on the floor. Barrio was rushed to hospital, but doctors couldn’t do anything to save his life.